Luther High School South - Shield Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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W I- EISURE Lessons and leisure are Tamiliar words To every Teen-ager. And who could imagine a Teen- ager in l959 aTTending a high school wiThouT social acTiviTies. musical organizaTions, dramaTic presen- TaTions and clubs. Now iT may surprise some, buT LuTher lnsTiTuTe Alumni l909 would share This opin- ion wholehearTedly, as would every class since ThaT Time. Were Their acTiviTies The same as Today? Did They have as many oT Them? Were These ac- TiviTies as good? Well, leT's go back a Tew years and see iT we can Tind The answers in The pages oT hisTory Juniors l'TosT Sophs aT ParTyl' is a headline ThaT could be Tound in mosT any issue oT The Blue and Gold, The school paper. ParTies were held aTTer school or in The evening, Tor ChrisTmas, Thanks- giving, ValenTine's Day or whaTever The occasion. And in case There were no special days Tor a Theme, ingenuiTy on The parT oT sTudenTs led To a Japanese parTy or perhaps a Juvenile parTy wiTh everyone making his appearance as a sTory book characTer. Speaking oT cosTume parTies, The wiTe oT our Dean oT STudenTs undoubTedly remembers The year she won TirsT prize Tor her cosTume aT a l-lalloween parTy. The Type oT enTerTainmenT varied Trom parTy To parTy buT noT unTil everyone had parTicipaTed in The TradiTional Pig in The Parlor. WhaT's ThaT? Well, Tor a compleTe explanaTion oT This good old pasTime iusT ask any LuTher lnsTiTuTe Alumni Trom The early TwenTies To The laTe Tor'Ties. AlThough parTies were Number One on The social hiT parade, oTher acTiviTies were oTTen re- sponsible Tor equally good Times. ln spring every Teen-ager's ThoughTs were Turned To picnics and hikes, TreguenTly held aT ThaTcher or Ryan Woods. ln winTer The big evenT was The annual roller skaTing parTy sponsored by The school paper. And so, whaT- ever The acTiviTy, The bonds oT Triendship became sTrengThened To evenTually lasT a liTeTime. Over The years sTudenTs have Tound enioymenT and saTisTacTion in oTher Than social acTiviTies. One oT These has been music. Choral music became an oTTicial parT oT The school program abouT I9I7 wiTh The organizaTion oT The Glee Club. The Type OT program oTTered in The early years is well sum- marized in The I92l yearbook, Since I9I9 The Glee Club has annually sTaged an opereTTa Toward The close OT The school year. These perTormances have become so popular ThaT The annual opereTTa is looked To wiTh greaT expecTaTion .... On The IITh oT February The Glee Club gave a concei-T

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aT Ksmball l-lall To be brleT abouT The maTTer :T wall suTTnce To say ThaT :T was a rare TreaT Tor The lover oT good music ThaT The choral acTnvuTnes have seen llTTle change as TurTher evudenT Trom The 1934 yearbook The mosT umporTanT represenTa Tnve organnzahon oT LuTher InsTuTuTe In ouTs1de aT Tan-s ns The Glee Club The members worked very dulugenTly Trom The very TxrsT because oT an appear ance aT The World s Farr on OcTober 28 The unTerum beTore The concerT The Glee Club ap peared aT ChrrsT Church on November 26Th The Anmversary Glee Club ConcerT was presenTed o February TourTh aT Concordna College Gymnasuum and was a very greaT success lnsTrumenTal musuc TursT apoeared ID I92O wnTh The organuzahon oT an orchesTra comprusung eghT members one sax one clarlneT one cello Tour vlohns and a piano Because oT The lumrTed mem Tered on The Tun oT playung and workung TogeTher PerTormances were usually combmed wlTh The Glee Club Today LuTher SouThs unsTrumenTal program boasTs a band oT whlch every sTudenT ns 'usTly proud The husTory OT dramaTuc producTuons aT LuTher lnsTlTuTe daTes back abouT TwenTy Tlve years Mrs Koepke a graduaTe oT Ll ard now servung TD The oTTlce oT LuTher SouTh orlgnnaTed The drama pro gram by guvung pruvaTe lessons ln dramaTlcs Thus meT wrTh such success ThaT a drama club was organ :Zed presenhng aT leasT ore mayor producTon c year ln 9 5 M De ys and Mr Koe er now unsTrucTors an arT and mechanucal drawing aT l.uTher SouTh conTrubuTed To The success oT DonT Take My Penny Cur Town presenTed I943 dld a repeaT perTormance aT LuTher SouTh nr I958 hle Cur l-learTs Were You o and Gay was The hT oT l949 and l957 Today The dream oT The drama club oT l945 as expressed IU ThaT years yearbook has been realuzed The class eagerly awauTs The day when :Ts TalenTs may be presenTed un LuTher lnsTuTuTes own audlToruum The year l928 broughT wuTh :T The orrgun oT exTra currrcular clubs Three clubs German de baTe and hTerary Mrs Lenmer sponsor nnnTraTed The program EncounTerung duThculTles oT geTTung home laTe The program meT a rapid buT Temporary end EnThus:asm Tor clubs reached a new hugh n l937 when The school year ended wuTh sux clubs W1Th The begnnnrng oT World War ll These organ: zaTuons disbanded unT1l l945 Smce Thus Tlme clubs have come and gone wuTh The unTeresTs oT The sTudenTs For The club minded sTudenT l949 was The b g year Tor he had has choice OT science bowling knvTTlng relnguon swimming handvcraTT skaTung Three Chucago schools has a club program WheTher aT as here To sTay wall be answered fn The passing oT anoTher TuTTy years Takmg one lasT look aT pasT yearbooks we Tund The ollowung TacTs abouT sTull oTher organfzahons and acTuvuTues The TsrsT Issue oT The school paper Blue and Gold was publlshed an IQI3 whlle The wrsT yearbook appeared l9l9 The var sTy vs Aldmm oaskeTball game was already played IU l927 The CurTus Magazine campaign orlgunaTec n I94O ln I943 The TrrsT STudenT Councll was or gamzed wlTh Mr M l-lechT 'who became reglsTrar oT LuTher SouTh as presudenT The WashnngTor D C rlp popular To Seniors senT TT TlrsT group n l94 And Through The years The pages oT hx Tory reveal a marked s1mllarlTy To The evenTs oT 959 ' ' .... IQ - ' l 4 ' . n . l ' M . - T n . ' . - I I i I . I I I ' . . . 1 . V bershib down Through The years, emphasls was cerm- Spanishl arT, ridinlg, and camera. Today each oT The . - 4 I X l - - . . . T . A in . T S. I ea . I 4 , r. n . ll , T ' 'I ' . . X ' , . . ' , . ' s ' I T ln 9. So, . , W T T A T fl TT ' rl T . I